Repórter Brasil: BNDES finances beef companies that buy from deforested farms and use slave labour
Social and environmental commitments have been put in place over the years in the country's production chains. However, they are not always enough to avoid irregularities in the agricultural and livestock sector, as an exclusive article by the NGO Repórter Brasil shows. According to data released by the entity, the National Economic and Social Development Bank (BNDES) is financing beef processors that slaughter animals raised on farms that have been illegally deforested, embargoed by Ibama, overlap into conservation units or indigenous lands or that use slave labour in their activities.
To check which irregular beef companies have received support from BNDES and to see more information about this topic, see the full story here https://reporterbrasil.org.br/2021/10/bndes-financia-frigorificos-que-compram-de-fazendas-desmatadas-e-usam-mao-de-obra-escrava/?fbclid=IwAR3iv-ktByOuveB6Rxnlbq8EEZV9l9Xrln8Mq64J_N6nTAgz44B9XmGuzdY
Technical Document - Beef Cattle Productivity Index in the Brazilian Amazon (in Portuguese)
This document is a summary of the result of the first stage of the partnership between the Fundação de Estudos Agrários Luiz de Queiroz (Fealq) and the Institute of Forest and Agricultural Management and Certification (IMAFLORA), aiming at building the Productivity Index of the beef cattle in the Brazilian Amazon.
COP-26: Panel presents solutions for low-carbon agriculture
Organised by Imaflora, along with CDP Latin America and Coalizão Brasil Clima, Florestas e Agricultura, this event will put forward important debates about cutting carbon emissions in agriculture.
Institutions establish cooperation to ensure legality and sustainability of cattle ranching in Pará
Partnership between the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Amigos da Terra and Imaflora aims to create a committee to enforce and expand the commitments of this productive chain.